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Time to end judicial tyranny: the judicial despotism the Founders warned against is happening today. It is time for an informed electorate to spur Congress to defend and restore our constitutional republic.(Congress & The Courts)

The New American

| January 12, 2004 | Eidsmoe, John | COPYRIGHT 2004 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"Should the constitutional republic our forefathers designed be replaced with a government by the majority vote of a nine person committee of lawyers who shall be appointed rather than elected and shall hold office for life?"

If a pollster were to ask this question, probably 99 percent of the public would answer with an emphatic "No!"

And yet, without an abundance of exaggeration, that is a fair description of the power now wielded by the U.S. Supreme Court--a court that claims the power to strike down and invalidate almost any action by almost any other branch or level of government.

It didn't begin that way. The Framers established a ...


    
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